MUSHROOMS
Indigo Milk Cap
Assisted identification only. Never eat anything without an expert’s confirmation.
up to 15 cmCap
Fungus with a cap up to 15 cm. Grows in forests and in conifers. Spore print yellow. Lives in symbiosis with tree roots: the fungus brings water and minerals, the tree feeds it sugars.
There are 64 observations of Indigo Milk Cap in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Laurentides, and it has been reported in 9 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and September and become rare from November to June.
